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Anime's most beloved director, Hayao Miyazaki celebrates his 74th birthday today, January 5th, 2015. After graduating from Gakushuin in 1963 with degrees in political science and economics, he began working as an animator at Toei in April of that ...

Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will stream the anime The Testament of Sister New Devil (Shinmai Maō no Testament) based on the light novel series by Tetsuto Uesu (Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero). The series will stream for members on Wednesda...

Entertainment news source Variety reported on Monday that Scarlett Johansson has signed on to star in Dreamworks' adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. Deadline reported in October that the actress was offered the role, but she was still undecided at ...

Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will stream Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (Binan Kōkō Chikyū Bōei-bu Love! ). The stream will be available worldwide outside of Asia for members starting on January 6 at 1:40 p.

Looks like the Sybil System from Psycho-Pass has already taken over Shinjuku Station, as several Sybil System "scanners" have been found in the area and will scan the "Crime Coefficients" of several individuals.

We're all used to seeing those before-and-after photos of plain jane (or even, let's be honest, um, "conventionally unattractive") Asian girls transforming themselves into gorgeous swans through the use of cosmetics.

According to American entertainment website, Variety, Dreamworks Pictures has now chosen the star of its Hollywood adaptation of the classic Japanese anime movie, Ghost in the Shell, and it is none other than A-lister, Scarlett Johansson, who was ...

Crunchyroll announced on Monday that it will stream the television anime of KOEI Tecmo Games' Samurai Warriors (Sengoku Musou) game franchise. The stream will be available worldwide outside of Asia for members starting on January 11 at 1:35 p.

BABYMETAL are ready to rock fans with their "new anthem. " Featuring guitar playing by Sam Totman and Herman Li from DragonForce, "Road of Resistance" was first performed during their November 2, 2014 set at Brixton O2 Academy in London.

Harvest December is a series of Japanese visual novels that started out on PC and was then ported to the Nintendo 3DS over the last year. Now, the 3DS ports are being translated for release in the West.

Video Games Now Reading PlayStation Now Subscription Model to Begin Next Week PlayStation Now Subscription Model to Begin Next Week Those living in countries fortunate enough to take advantage of the PlayStation Now service have had to individuall...

The Dragon Ball Z: Revival of "F" anime film's staff revealed that rock band Maximum the Hormone will contribute one of their songs in the upcoming film. The song entitled "F" will be used during the film's battle scene.

With Fall 2014 finally over and Winter 2015 finally approaching, why don't we take a look back through the highlights of our last season? Anime Trending is Facebook community built-up over a series of short surveys of each anime the modern lineup...

Special 'Fairy Tail' Manga Chapters Getting Adapted Into Current Anime Series Posted by Chris Beveridge January 5, 2015 at 06:24 PM The Fairy Tail property is large and sprawling and there's a lot of things that haven't made their way to the anime...

'The Heroic Legend Of Arslan' Anime Staff Detailed As Second TV Spot Debuts Posted by Chris Beveridge January 5, 2015 at 01:32 PM Heroic Legend of Arslan The anime adaptation of the newest incarnation of The Heroic Legend of Arslan manga has gotte...

In a recent interview with Reno Gazette-Journal, Nintendo of America's director of product marketing Bill Trinen revealed that there is no new Mario game scheduled for release this year. In addition to that, he notes that though they release Mario...

For years fans of anime and JRPGs have been wondering when the leap to 3D will be made. Some welcome it while others are more sceptical, but it is certain that all are curious as to how it will turn out.

Nio Altugle plays a larger role in Atelier Escha & Logy Plus. She isn't just a traveling apothecary, she's also a playable character. Nio uses a ladle to whack enemies and can cast Panacea to cure negative status effects.

Sony will launch its PlayStation Now game-streaming service on January 13th in North America, the company said this morning. The service will allow users to stream over a hundred PlayStation 3 games on their PlayStation 4 consoles.

New episodes have been released for the breath-taking fan animated Touhou series "Fantasy Kaleidoscope ~The Memories of Phantasm~", once again demonstrating Manpuku Jinja's stellar artistic talent as well as his undying devotion to the Touhou fran...

Also: home version of opening to feature naked characters Viewers of Cross Ange's 13th episode on Saturday night may have noticed something was up with the "new" opening and ending sequences. As the second opening and ending, they mark the beginni...

Japanese cinema Shochiku have updated their listings for the upcoming films in 2015-2016, they're also celebrating their 120th anniversary. The upcoming Love Live! School Idol Project Movie has been listed and scheduled for a early summer 2015 rel...

Attack on Titan Universal Studios Japan – Commercials A couple new commercials have been released for the upcoming Attack on Titan The Real exhibition at Universal Studios Japan. The exhibition will be similar to the Monster Hunter exhibition feat...

I obviously didn't do this in the Fall season since I got crazy busy and didn't mind my time more. Not this year, as the list of those making their debuts in 2015 is here. We got some first time directors, some seiyuu (*coughvoiceactorscough*), th...

The official website for the upcoming stage play adaptation of Julietta Suzuki's Kamisama Hajimemashita/Kamisama Kiss manga series today posted two visuals for Tomoe played by 29-year-old Ren Yagami (Seiichi Yukimura in The Prince of Tennis musical).

Now that 2014 is officially over, it's time for our yearly rage fest foray into annoying everyone with our questionable opinions, the Best of Anime 2014 post! As with last year, this post is a collaboration between the writers who watched the most...

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